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A group of Republican state senators say they want the full Senate to vote on a constitutional amendment that would make union membership voluntary in Minnesota, despite signs the bill is stalled at the Capitol.
A former Wisconsin congressman running for U.S. Senate has an unusual running mate by his side on the campaign trail.
After 14 years serving our legislature, a State Senator from Apple Valley says he will now concentrate more on his family, and business.
A freshman Republican Minnesota legislator is ready to say whether he will try to trade up to the U.S. Senate.
Minnesota House Majority Leader Matt Dean is taking on a fellow Republican legislator as he seeks a fifth term at the Capitol.
A committee of the University of Minnesota governing board said Friday that Regent Steve Sviggum should resign one of his two positions because of a conflict of interest.
Short on time and in need of mountains of money, war veteran Pete Hegseth opened a GOP campaign Thursday to unseat Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar in a race that's low on the radar of national Republicans.
Two Republican candidates dropped their bids Monday to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in November.
Fresh off the national stage of a failed presidential bid, Republican Michele Bachmann said Tuesday that she will seek re-election to her Minnesota congressional seat, even though her home is being thrown into a district currently represented by a Democrat.
A man who has been labeled as a predatory sex offender -- and locked up in the state hospital in St. Peter -- is about to be released.
Republicans are calling it one way to stop welfare fraud: It's a bill requiring benefit cards for welfare recipients to include Photo ID. The bill will also double the waiting period from 30 to 60 days before a new resident gets welfare.
Minnesota Democrats are accusing Republicans of using state staff and equipment for political benefit.
Two Republican lawmakers want Minnesota's cigarette tax to more than double as a way to deter smoking and to repay Minnesota schools for aid delays during recent state budgets.
In presidential politics, Minnesota is as close to a Democratic fortress as states come.
The race for the Republican presidential nomination will really heat up in Minnesota Monday, as three of the four remaining candidates make a stop in the state.
Nevada Republicans have finally finished counting the votes in their Saturday presidential caucuses.
Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine.
Fresh off a bloody Senate vote rejecting Gov. Mark Dayton's trusted energy advisor Ellen Anderson, the Republican Party says they've got a "watch list" of other Dayton commissioners in the cross hairs, as well.
The Republican lawmaker who presides over the state Assembly says he's been carrying a concealed weapon during floor sessions.
Republicans pulled Minnesota into an explosive issue Thursday by introducing legislation to make union membership optional, setting the stage for a fight that has triggered boycotts by Democratic lawmakers and large protests in other states.
A Senate committee is taking up a proposed constitutional amendment that would require voters to show photo IDs.
The campaign of former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Tuesday it had about $90,000 in debt at the end of 2011 in the final days before Iowa's precinct caucuses.
A Minnesota sweater manufacturer claims he is filling an order for 1,000 sweater vests for the Rick Santorum presidential campaign.
GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney is scheduled to visit Minnesota on Wednesday, less than a week before the state's caucuses.
Gov. Mark Dayton slammed Minnesota Republicans Monday for refusing to participate in a Health Care Task Force because they oppose the new federal health care law.
